Re: [PATCH V5 07/10] io_uring: switch to kernel_worker

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Sun Nov 21 2021 - 13:17:17 EST


On 11/21/21 10:49 AM, Mike Christie wrote:
> Convert io_uring and io-wq to use kernel_worker.

I don't like the kernel_worker name, that implies it's always giving you
a kernel thread or kthread. That's not the io_uring use case, it's
really just a thread off the original task that just happens to never
exit to userspace.

Can we do a better name? At least io_thread doesn't imply that.

Also I do think this deserves a bit more commit message, there's really
nothing in here.

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Jens Axboe